Haunted House Making

A fun activity for practicing Halloween vocabulary.

Estimated time: 45-50 minutes

Description:

Students practice Halloween vocabulary and collect small picture cards to paste
onto their haunted house handout. It's fun for them to collect all of the items and
decorate their handout. I designed the activity for use in my special needs classes,
but it could also be adapted for use in elementary school.

Preparation:

Students will need glue and colored pencils or crayons. The teacher needs to print
out the haunted house worksheet and cut out some Halloween pictures (bats,
skulls, pumpkins, etc.).

Procedure:
1. Practice the Halloween vocabulary words: witch, bat, skull, ghost, cat, spider,
pumpkin. (I usually draw them on the board and have the students repeat
after me.)
2. Practice the phrase for getting picture cards. I recommend "Please give me
~." (Other phrases work, too: "Can I have ~?", "~, please!")
3. Distribute the worksheets and let the students get out the materials they will
need.
4. Decide how many pictures each student can get, and let them begin.

Tips & Advice:

 If the class is distracted easily, you may want to let them get out their
materials after they have collected all of their small picture cards.
 Pasting the pictures and coloring the haunted house can take a long time,
so I usually use the whole lesson time.